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Symposium on the Deaf and the Justice System – Part 1

Mar 28, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEvents#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Brookline Police, Community Emergency Response Team, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Police, Racial Profiling

By BitcoDavid It’s going to take me several days to relay the vast amount of information that was shared at yesterday’s symposium, so please be patient while I get it all assimilated and posted. Essentially, we have a total of about 5 hours of video – between two sources, a half dozen different PowerPoint files

2nd Update

Mar 27, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Bridgewater State University, Deaf in Prison, DeafIInPrison.com, Huffington Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Mental health, Paul Heroux, Public speaking

By BitcoDavid My gratitude to the Bridgewater State University Career Services Department, for making a workstation available for me to post from. They didn’t have to do this, and I’m grateful. Paul Heroux, Ma. State Jr. Representative came by as a guest speaker. He has a Deaf friend who taught him Sign, and he used

Live Coverage of Bridgewater Event

Mar 27, 2013deafinprisonorg25 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, Americans with Disabilities Act, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Events, H.E.A.R.D., James Ridgeway, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!

By BitcoDavid This is an initial post. Video and in-depth coverage to follow. But, I wanted to get a chance to just give you a quick update – from the field. By eye, it looks to be a crowd of about 100 – 150 people. there are a few hearies, of which I think I’m

H.P. Lovecraft Couldn’t Make This Up

Mar 26, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentInmate Letters#JusticeForFelix, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, H. P. Lovecraft, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Pat Bliss, Rat, Solitary Confinement, U.S. Prisons

By Pat Bliss this is an excerpt from a 26 page letter that I received from a Deaf inmate. It was his story about going to medical, that I last posted. He is in solitary confinement now, for trying to help another inmate. Rather than going into all the details of that, I felt I

DeafInPrison Nominated for Liebster Award

Mar 25, 2013deafinprisonorg10 CommentsAwards and Accolades#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dholiness, Hands Talk Too, Hunchback of Notre Dame, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, New York Times, Washington Post

By BitcoDavid Wow! When it rains… We have 6 days left in our month-long Birthday celebration, and we’ve been nominated for 2 awards! This most recent, comes from Hands Talk Too – the Liebster Award! We are grateful to Dholiness and Hands Talk Too for nominating us. Step 1) Answer the following 11 Questions: 1.

Moorbey Puts Us Up for Dragon’s Loyalty Award

Mar 24, 2013deafinprisonorg17 CommentsAwards and Accolades#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Blog, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Dragon's Loyalty Award, Georgia, Gravatar, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Moorbey'z Blog

By BitcoDavid Moorbey’z Blog, an awesome site that I have a ton of respect for, has graciously nominated DeafInPrison.com for the beautiful Dragon’s Loyalty award. We’re deeply honored that he would think of us, when it came to a nomination. Here’s what we have to do: Proudly display the award. Post the win with a

Militarized Cops and Drug War Victims

Mar 23, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsBook Reviews, Editorials, ReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Cheryl Ann Stillwell, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Huffington Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Radley Balko, SWAT, War on Drugs

By BitcoDavid The Huffington Post recently featured a story by Radley Balko, author of Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces. The article centers around the death of Cheryl Ann Stillwell, a middle-aged single woman, shot to death in a police raid gone awry. According to Balko, Stillwell was a recluse,

Update on Englewood Case from H.E.A.R.D.

Mar 23, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Englewood Colorado, Facebook, H.E.A.R.D., MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, United States Department of Justice

By BitcoDavid This came from HEARD’s FaceBook page. If you haven’t yet done so, and you’re on FaceBook, you can shoot on over there, and give ’em a “Like.” HEARD – Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf – is an organization that works tirelessly to aid both the Deaf community and the

NYT Confirms, Ebel Dead after Police Shootout

Mar 23, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentNews#JusticeForFelix, Aryan Nation, BitcoDavid, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver Post, Ebel, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Texas

By BitcoDavid Some of the confusion surrounding the Tom Clements shooting has been cleared up. The New York Times announced this morning, that on Friday, shooting suspect Evan S. Ebel, had died in the hospital following the police shootout, northwest of Dallas, Texas. Police however, will continue the investigation as well as investigations into several other

Follow Up: Texas Style Arrest of Clements’ Alleged Shooter

Mar 22, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsNews#JusticeForFelix, BitcoDavid, Colorado, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Denver Post, MARCH! BIRTHDAY MONTH!, Prison gangs, Texas, Tom Clements

By BitcoDavid Boy, they don’t mess around in Texas. After a 100 mph chase, and an OK Coral style shootout, Texas law enforcement officers managed to shoot and wound the suspected killer of Tom Clements, the Colorado Director of Prisons. Apparently, Evan Spencer Ebel, 28, a Coloradoan with a long criminal record, and a current Denver